Karen Khachanov and Kei Nishikori will square off in the 2nd round of the Gonet Geneva Open for the 8th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Karen Khachanov who should win in 3 sets.
Karen Khachanov -> 1.64
Kei Nishikori -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Kei Nishikori
This will be the 8th time that Karen Khachanov and Kei Nishikori square off. The head to head is 5-2 for Nishikori (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Nishikori won 4-6 6-3 7-5 in the 2nd round in Hong kong back in January 2025.
Highlights Kei Nishikori vs Karen Khachanov – Hong kong 01-January-2025
Karen Khachanov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32-24 | 13-11 | 9-6 | 2-4 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-22 | 14-12 | 8-4 | 14-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-18 | 18-10 | 10-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-25 | 17-11 | 9-7 | 6-5 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-24 | 17-9 | 5-6 | 8-6 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 24, Karen will start his run in Geneva after he played his last match in Rome where he lost 6-3 3-6 7-5 to Alcaraz in the 4th round on the 13th of May.
Khachanov has a compiled 11-11 win-loss record in 2025, 6-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
The Russian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Barcelona.
Talking about his overall career, Khachanov has an overall 428-283 record. He has a positive 108-74 record on clay.
Previously in Geneva
Khachanov has never competed in this tournament before.
Kei Nishikori
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15-11 | 11-6 | 3-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 20-11 | 7-5 | 5-3 | 8-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 10-3 | 10-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-17 | 15-9 | 7-4 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 62, Nishikori reached the 2nd round after beating Learner Tien 4-6 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round against Tien, Kei recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-4). During the match Nishikori scored 103 points vs Tien’s 91. The Japanese was very aggressive to blast 44 winners.
About the serving games, Nishikori bagged 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Kei Nishikori was extremely effective on serve to win 75% (44/59) of his 1st serve and 51% (20/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Japanese broke Tien 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Kei’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Hong Kong.
Kei has an overall 13-9 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Tennis Scores in Geneva
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Karue SellSell (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Arthur CazauxCazaux (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Zizou BergsBergs (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Jacob FearnleyFearnley – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Learner TienTien (4-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Dominic StrickerStricker (7-62 6-3) – See score progression
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Hugo GastonGaston (6-76 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Ivan GakhovGakhov (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Quentin HalysHalys – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (4-6 6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Nicolas JarryJarry (6-4 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Quentin Halys/Albano OlivettiHalys/Albano Olivetti – Ivan Dodig/Orlando LuzDodig/Orlando Luz (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Arthur CazauxCazaux (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Karue SellSell (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (0-5) – H2H and prediction
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Kei NishikoriNishikori (2-5) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Nuno BorgesBorges (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Tomas MachacMachac (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Quentin HalysHalys (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Jacob FearnleyFearnley (0-0) – H2H and prediction